Can you make our mine distinguishable to enemy's?

Can you make our mine distinguishable to enemy's?

 

hey, i finally joined the forum (rovio supports said that here the devs read everything, i hope so...)

The problem with mines is that if "ME" (a miner) spam mines, "ME" knows where i put my own, so "ME" can spot enemy ones.
BUT we then have two cases:
1-nobody knows that "ME" placed them, so everyone of the team starts hanging maneuvers to avoid them, slowing dodges and changing sail, and getting torpedoed...
2-WORST, teammates SEE "ME" placing mines, so everyone expect the mines that surrond starting zone and on to be friendly, and they RECKLESSLY SINK on those that are not...

The thrill of a miner is not his own problem (if you remember where you put yours...), It is the heartache of its comrades in seeing mines, and the total panic if 2 or more teammates deploy mines. I once fleeted with a triple mine user...it was horrific, because we were against 2 enforcers FLEETED (probably in contact) with double mines.
I see him placing mines. Loads of them...all the fleet saw that...and then the notification of ["their name" sinked by MINE]...panic, nobody dares to move the ship out the minefield. long story short, we won, with over 15Ks damage scored by the miners and few Ks from others of both teams.

I stopped using mines because skilled players watch their waves around, so if nobody else use mines, nobody get yours, but if both teams have mines is MADNESS and random skill/kills determine victory.

 

my suggestion (already forwarded to devs) is to change the ALLY MINES colour to be striped orange (instead of white), OR to have a tiny orange triangle on top of them.
This way if you are LOOKING, you can spot friendly from foes, but they are still stealthy to be mashed-up efficiently and have no "RED BEACON" that makes them useless. This way, so if you see the mine, you can know if thrust forward or dodge.

 

Welcome
That'd kill the weapon

 

WHY? the effectiveness of the mines is to be sneaky, well placed and unnoticed (and deadly strong). OR swarming the sea...
This measures just let mine users to not panic their own team.
AND you still have to watch carefully if that mine at your back is friendly...it's only striped, not flat orange like a beach ball ^^

 

Yeah I mean it happens all the time where my movement is severely restricted as a speeder due to a minefield. Then it comes to the results and I discover that they were all my teammates’ mines:/

 

I have said this once before, but then realized that I actually find it extremely funny after going through a friendly minefield that has ONE enemy mine in it. I literally just burst into laughter.

 

you surely enjoy playing...i just became WHEREWASTHAF********** when i detonate on a mine...not to mention when an ally GOES to the mine i am trying to dodge... -.-

 

OOOH and another idea:
a battle command to warn others? like the "mines" icon with "placing..." or "beware..." ? makes too easy that way? or usefull anti-noob?

So a miner can alert others that is dropping AND be alerted by others if faraway from them someone else is placing.
OR send the alert if you see one and a teammate can reply "placing mines" to tranquilize you they are friendly...or joking you very bad

 

yes, please. Although in the real life stepping on friendly mine will also kill you , in the game, please use different colors

 

I think there should be an ability that briefly displays which mines are your team's, not for the entire match. Something like 10 seconds, cooldown 30 seconds